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Manorblatz is a black metal project from Rennes in Brittany, operating in the French underground since 2010. The project delivers atmospheric black metal informed by the Celtic mysticism and grey skies of the Breton landscape.
Mantar is a two-piece sludge/black metal juggernaut from Bremen, Germany, achieving massive heaviness with only drums and guitar across a prolific discography from "Death By Burning" (2014) through "Post Apocalyptic Depression" (2025). Their sound combines flogging beats, blackened melodies, and doom mayhem, drawing from Melvins, Motörhead, and Darkthrone without a bass guitar in sight.
Mantarok is a black metal band from Dumfries, Scotland, formed in 2014. They channel dark black metal from the Scottish Lowlands.
Manthor is a melodic black metal band from Ozimek/Opole, Poland, formed in 2014. They craft atmospheric melodic black metal with sweeping melodies and emotional depth.
Bullethole is a metalcore act from Athens, active since 2015. The band delivers heavy, breakdown-driven compositions within the Greek capital's growing metalcore contingent.
Mantle Earth is a progressive black metal band from Barcelona, Spain, formed in 2015. They push black metal into progressive territory with ambitious compositions and atmospheric depth.
Mantum is a Black Metal band from Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico, originally formed in 1995 and revived in 2021. The band released their debut full-length, "Leave," in October 2023, a nine-track album drawing on themes of ancient cultures, pagan deities, and occultism.
A pagan black metal act from Metz in Lorraine, Many Moons Ago has been channeling ancient, pre-Christian themes into atmospheric compositions since 2013. The band draws from the deep history of the Moselle region.
Many Suffer is a black and doom metal band from Bradford, England, formed in 2020. They fuse black metal's darkness with doom's crushing weight.
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